KJV ORIGINAL
Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Get another scroll and write on it all the same words that were on the first scroll, which King Jehoiakim of Judah burned up.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is telling Jeremiah to rewrite His message that the king destroyed, showing that God's word cannot be silenced by human opposition.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred around 605 BC when the prophet Jeremiah had dictated God's warnings to his scribe Baruch, who wrote them on a scroll. When King Jehoiakim heard the scroll being read, he cut it up piece by piece and threw it into the fire, rejecting God's warnings about Jerusalem's coming destruction. God immediately commanded Jeremiah to create a new scroll with the same message.
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